Saturday, December 26, 2015

Merry Christmas Gift Tag

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed a lovely Christmas with your loved ones, and that the spirit of Christmas is still in your heart and home! I wandered back into the Closet on Christmas Eve to play a little...I needed a quick handmade tag to adorn a package of banana bread I made for a friend.

The background is stamped with an unknown maker's stamp from my stash in Distress paint-Picket Fence and dried. I sprayed my card with water and spritzed with Distress sprays in Evergreen Bough and Fossilized Amber. I edged in Ground Expresso and flicked on some water and dried. This is Tim's November tag technique--a real favorite of mine! I colored the back using Tim's technique of inking my craft mat and spritzing with water, then dragging my tag though it. I dried it and blended on additional Distress inks and did the old Spritz and Flick for that vintage look. Colors are probably Vintage Photo, Hickory Smoke, Iced Spruce and Pumice Stone. I failed to make a note, because I was tight for time.

The Woodlands tree (Sizzix die) was cut once in white card, and I had an extra on my work top left from a previous project colored with Distress inks and paints and Perfect Pearls spray. "Merry" was cut twice from two shades of green card using Sizzix Alphanumeric Thinlits and layered up. "Christmas" is part of a Flonzcraft sentiment heat embossed in white.

I used a miniature clothes pin (not a tiny one) to fasten the tag to the bag of goodies, but I forgot to take a photo. I had to get back in the Closet to make two more gifts! Nothing like waiting 'til the last minute, right? Stay tuned; I will be posting these projects in the next two weeks.

Thank you for stopping today and for all your lovely comments. I'm still trying to get around to see you all, and all the wonderful projects you have been working on over the holidays! I do love the inspiration!

What a lovely gift tag! I especially love how you thought to layer the letters in the word "Merry". So clever! I must try to remember that!Thanks for sharing your project with us at Emerald Creek Dares!{julia}

Last minute hair raising fun times in the closet is what it sounds like! Awesome sauce design. Love the green on green on green background with the vintage golds/Browns showing through. I bet you are plum worn out dearie. I can't wait to use my tree dies and get an early start on next years cards. Hugz to you muffin!

The only thing that I can think of that would be more wonderful than receiving one of your tags or cards for Christmas would be receiving (and eating) some of your home made banana bread!!Have a wonderful 2016 and I just can not say that enough!!sandy xx

Love card Sara! Hope you're having a beautiful holiday season and chilling as much as possible. Thank you for my lovely comment over on my blog, and I'm sad to say the PT isn't going as well as I hoped - so holding out for Easter break now. Thanks for sticking with even though I've been MIA, I'm back on top of most things so just playing catch up now. Love and hugs, Gee xx

A gorgeous Christmas gift tag. Your background and tree are beautiful and the shadow you have added to the die cut word by layering the letters is a brilliant idea. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and more. Sally.x.

Gorgeous gift tag! I love making tags to go with baking! I cannot believe you had time to make this stunning tag on Christmas Eve!

I know I say it all the time but I do love popping into your blog with all it's creative beauty! Although, I could never comment as eloquently as you do on my blog. I do try to rise when I pop in here. But only for you. I think we should be best friends;p I hope you had a lovely Christmas! Thanks for sharing with us at Emerald Creek Dares. Cheers, Nicole

Gorgeous gift tag! I love making tags to go with baking! I cannot believe you had time to make this stunning tag on Christmas Eve!

I know I say it all the time but I do love popping into your blog with all it's creative beauty! Although, I could never comment as eloquently as you do on my blog. I do try to rise when I pop in here. But only for you. I think we should be best friends;p I hope you had a lovely Christmas! Thanks for sharing with us at Emerald Creek Dares. Cheers, Nicole